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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The layoffs and paywall at The Atlantic suggest Laurene Powell Jobs is happy to subsidize the enterprise but not interested in making it a gift to the masses — Billionaires who are brave enough to enter the publishing space don't mind losing money on it—they call it “investing”—until the day they do.
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Ben Smith / @benyt:
Memo: The Atlantic is laying off 68 people across divisions, or about 20% of its staff, after collapse of its events business, with the rest getting pay cuts
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump says Fox News “is doing nothing to help Republicans, and me, get re-elected”, drawing an explicit link between the network and electing Republicans — In his tweet, the president makes explicit the subtext at which he's hinted in the past, when offering complaints about how Fox had …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Audible is in talks to acquire celebrity podcasts and considers selling original shows individually; Amazon Music is also preparing to add podcasts — Under growing pressure from Spotify, the e-commerce giant is looking to spend big in podcast land
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is seeking an executive to lead its original podcasts effort and is acquiring podcasts that would tie into shows on its TV+ service
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Apple TV+ is in the early stages of developing a series about Gawker, with ex-Gawker staffers Max Read and Cord Jefferson working on scripts — Former Gawker staffers, led by Max Read and Cord Jefferson, are now developing scripts about the site's glory days skewering the powerful.
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Trevor Knoblich / ONA20:
The Online News Association will host its annual conference online, Oct. 1-16, and says the event won't be as expensive as its previous physical gatherings — Chief Knowledge Officer Trevor Knoblich details what to expect from our global journalism innovation festival
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Larry King to launch his first-ever podcast The Millionth Question, a celebrity interview show, in mid-June under a multiyear contract worth at least $5M — TV interviewer's first podcast to be produced with son Chance King and Jeff Beacher's 4Forty4 Media — Larry King is gearing up to launch his first-ever podcast.
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
ViacomCBS licenses Some Good News, John Krasinski's YouTube series that gained 2.56M subscribers in 2 months, to be shown on CBS All Access and linear networks — The feel-good web series will have a multiplatform showcase across all of the conglomerate's brands and platforms, though the actor …
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Sources: State Dept. is asking all US-based employees of CGTN to fill out detailed questionnaires with personal info, alarming American employees of the network — London (CNN Business)The State Department is asking all US-based employees of Chinese state TV network CGTN to fill …
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Jonathan Symcox / BusinessCloud.co.uk:
Parent company of Joe.co.uk, the social news website for male millennials, enters administration, seeks a buyer, and says there are no plans for redundancies — Administrators seek buyer for Joe Media Limited but no redundancies planned at website with millions of monthly visitors
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Paul Bowers / Brutal South:
Digital subscriptions might keep a hungry reporter fed a few more years, but the path for local news outlets is unclear, as only a small number will sign up — We were watching Hoarders and a woman on the show felt like she was being persecuted by local code enforcement officers …
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Reuters:
California to give guidelines on Monday for resuming movie and TV production in the state; Gov. Newsom says LA County would likely be excluded in first phase — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California on Monday will roll out guidelines for the resumption of production of Hollywood movies and TV shows …
Layla Ilchi / WWD:
Court documents: Kendall Jenner agreed to pay $90,000 to settle a suit over an Instagram post she made promoting Fyre Festival; docs say she was paid $275,000 — The model has settled the lawsuit over her Instagram post related to the failed 2017 music festival.
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